I feel like those last two books are less likely than ever to get written… George R.R. Martin Developing Even More Shows For HBO


11/11/18 - we shall remember them


Thou shalt not pass


‪If Apple could push iOS on iPad forward as fast and as thoughtfully as it’s developing the iPad Pro hardware, they’d be devouring this space. ‬

‪But they’re not. And it makes me sad. ‬



I still find the idea that Apple has in-house metallurgists oddly cool.


Aberdeen, I am in you. #odcamp


My school helped shape key Bodyguard character…

This is about The Bodyguard and the school I attended…

Bowman, born in Dundee, told how he drew on his experience at Dollar Academy, near Stirling, to find the character. “I went to a boarding school in Scotland,” he said, “which are brutal places with children being sent away at a very young age. I think that creates an atmosphere that is very particular to the English ruling class. It creates the type of person who can be cold and quite detached, and lacking in empathy.”

I was a day pupil.



Wikipedia has a paid editing problem — and it might be getting worse. I was approached by a paid editor a few weeks ago, offering to get me in…


Flickr makes some smart changes to its account structure while throwing some serious shade on Yahoo’s stewardship of the site.


Missed Halloween with my girls, but based on the evidence they had a great night. 🎃


Some good updates to Flickr.

Now there’s a phrase I didn’t expect to be writing.


Me, during today's Apple event

Me during the first half of the Apple event:

Distracted Apple Fan

Me during the second half of the Apple event:

Look at those Pros

Noting in recent times has made me as old as realising that The Guardian pioneered live-blogging 19 years ago.


Watching the new iPad Pro stuff, I’m becoming increasing convinced that my current MacBook Pro will be my last.


OK, this is why Tim is so excited. He’s an iPad Pro man.


Blimey. Rare stage appearance from Angela Ahrendts.


Oh, hello Mac Mini. Welcome back.


Yeah, the 100% recycled aluminium thing is cool. Nice work, Apple. Long-lasting devices made from recycled materials is much lighter on the planet.